True Religion Apparel,'s total free cash flow for the
months ended in Mar. 2013 was
€5.9 Mil.
Its total free cash flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2013 was €32.2 Mil.
True Religion Apparel,'s Free Cash Flow per Share for the
months ended in Mar. 2013 was €0.23.
Its free cash flow per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2013 was €1.27.
True Religion Apparel, Free Cash Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for True Religion Apparel,'s Free Cash Flow can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Free Cash Flow is considered one of the most important parameters to measure a company's earnings power by value investors because it is not subject to estimates of Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization (DDA). However, when we look at the Free Cash Flow, we should look from a long term perspective, because any year's Free Cash Flow can be drastically affected by the spending on Property, Plant, & Equipment (PPE) of the business in that year. Over the long term, Free Cash Flow should give pretty good picture on the real earnings power of the company.
True Religion Apparel,'s Free Cash Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as
Free Cash Flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2013 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €32.2 Mil.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Free Cash Flow is very close to Warren Buffett's definition of Owner's Earnings, except that in Warren Buffett's Owner's Earnings, the spending for Property, Plant, and Equipment is only for maintenance (replacement), while in the Free Cash Flow calculation, the cost of new Property, Plant, and Equipment due to business expansion is also deducted. There, Free Cash Flow is more conservative than Owner's Earnings.
In Don Yacktman's calculation of forward rate of return, he uses Free Cash Flow for the calculation. Yacktman explained the forward rate of return concept in detail in his interview with GuruFocus. Yacktman defines forward rate of return as the normalized free cash flow yield plus real growth plus inflation.
This is what Yacktman said in his March 2012 interview - when the S&P 500 was at 1400:
If the business is stable, this calculation is fairly straightforward. For instance, on the S&P 500 we would normalize earnings. We would then calculate what percentage of those earnings are not reinvested in the underlying businesses and are therefore free. Historically, for the S&P 500, this has been just under 50% of earnings. Currently, we expect the S&P to earn about 70 on a normalized basis, a number which is far below reported earnings due to our adjusting for record high profit margins. $70 X ½ / 1400 gives you a normalized free cash flow yield of approximately 2.5%.
The historical real growth rate of the S&P 500 (companies) is about 1.5%. Assuming an inflation rate of 2.5%, the forward rate of return on an investment in the S&P 500 is about 6.5% today (2.5% free cash flow yield plus 1.5% real growth plus 2.5% inflation).
For the growth part of the Forward Rate of Return calculation, GuruFocus uses the 5-year average growth rate of EBITDA per share as the growth rate, and the growth rate is always capped at 20%. For the Free Cash Flow we use per share data averaged over seven years. The reason we use seven years is because research shows that seven years is the length of the typical business cycle.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Be Aware
Free Cash Flow within a report period can be affected by management's decisions of capital spending. Therefore, it is important to look at long term when it comes to Free Cash Flow.
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True Religion Apparel, (FRA:UYO) Business Description
True Religion Apparel, Inc. is incorporated in Delaware. The Company is engaged in designing, marketing, selling and distributing fashion apparel under the brand name "True Religion Brand Jeans" to fashion-conscious consumers on six continents, including North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and South America. It operates in four primary business segments: U.S. Consumer Direct, International, U.S. Wholesale, and Core Services. It sells directly to consumers in the United States through full-price retail stores, outlet stores and through its retail internet site located at www.truereligionbrandjeans.com. Its International sales are made through a variety of channels, including subsidiaries and a joint venture that operate retail stores and sell to wholesale customers who operate retail stores; distributors who warehouse products at their expense and then ship to, and collect payment from, their customers; and directly to wholesale customers who operate retail stores. In addition, it selectively licenses to third parties the right to use its various trademarks in connection with the manufacture and sale of designated products in specified geographical areas for specified periods. This licensing business is included in its Core Services segment. Its corporate operations, which include the design, production, marketing, distribution, credit, customer service, information technology, accounting, executive, legal, and human resources departments, are also included in the Core Services segment. The Company markets its products to domestic and international wholesale customers by attendance at industry trade shows. Its collections are also presented to wholesale customers in its showrooms, located in New York City, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, London, Milan and Dusseldorf. The Company competes with numerous designers and manufacturers of apparel and accessories, domestic and foreign, including 7 for All Mankind, AG Adriano Goldschmied, Citizens of Humanity, Diesel, G-Star, Hudson Jeans, J Brand, Joe's Jeans and Levi Strauss & Co. The Company is subject to customs, truth-in-advertising and other laws, including consumer protection regulations and zoning and occupancy ordinances that regulate retailers generally and/or govern the promotion and sale of merchandise and the operation of retail stores.
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